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 115 STAT. 1450 PUBLIC LAW 107-110-^AN. 8, 2002 Deadline. "(i) be the same academic assessments used to measure the achievement of all children; "(ii) be aligned with the State's challenging academic content and student academic achievement standards, and provide coherent information about student attainment of such standards; "(iii) be used for purposes for which such assessments are valid and reliable, and be consistent with relevant, nationally recognized professional and technical standards; "(iv) be used only if the State educational agency provides to the Secretary evidence from the test publisher or other relevant sources that the assessments used are of adequate technical quality for each purpose required under this Act and are consistent with the requirements of this section, and such evidence is made public by the Secretary upon request; "(v)(I) except as otherwise provided for grades 3 through 8 under clause vii, measure the proficiency of students in, at a minimum, mathematics and reading or language arts, and be administered not less than once during— "(aa) grades 3 through 5; "(bb) grades 6 through 9; and "(cc) grades 10 through 12; "(II) beginning not later than school year 2007- 2008, measure the proficiency of all students in science and be administered not less than one time during— "(aa) grades 3 through 5; "(bb) grades 6 through 9; and "(cc) grades 10 through 12; "(vi) involve multiple up-to-date measures of student academic achievement, including measures that assess higher-order thinking skills and understanding; "(vii) beginning not later than school year 2005- 2006, measure the achievement of students against the challenging State academic content and student academic achievement standards in each of grades 3 through 8 in, at a minimum, mathematics, and reading or language arts, except that the Secretary may provide the State 1 additional year if the State demonstrates that exceptional or uncontrollable circumstances, such as a natural disaster or a precipitous and unforeseen decline in the financial resources of the State, prevented full implementation of the academic assessments by that deadline and that the State will complete implementation within the additional 1-year period; "(viii) at the discretion of the State, measure the proficiency of students in academic subjects not described in clauses (v), (vi), (vii) in which the State has adopted challenging academic content and academic achievement standards; "(ix) provide for— "(I) the participation in such assessments of all students; "(II) the reasonable adaptations and accommodations for students with disabilities (as defined

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